Recent Stories
Learn more about what young people feel about having cancer, what they go through and how they cope by reading these personal stories from young people with cancer from across the UK.
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Katie Huttlestone
Cancer category: Carcinomas (except of skin)
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Cancer type: Carcinoma of breast -
Tom Mason
Cancer category: Soft tissue sarcomas
Cancer type: RhabdomyosarcomaTom was 20 when he was diagnosed with cancer. After finishing his treatment this summer he is now training for the London Marathon 2012.
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Esme MacIntyre
Cancer category: Other
Cancer type: Medulloblastoma/other primitive neuroectodermal tumoursEsme, 16, was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma (brain tumour). She has just started at college which she really loves.
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David Millward
Cancer category: Lymphomas
Cancer type: NoneDavid was 15 when he was diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in his chest.
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Jamie Wood
Cancer category: Bone tumours
Cancer type: Ewing’s tumourJamie, a talented boxer, was 17 when he was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a 3.5cm tumour that had wrapped round the bones in his face.
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Laura Saunders
Cancer category: Germ cell tumours
Cancer type: NoneLaura, 21, from Hemel Hempstead, was 18 when she was diagnosed with a germ cell tumour on her left ovary.
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Calvin Haycock
Cancer category: Leukaemias
Cancer type: Acute lymphoid leukaemiaCalvin was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia at 14. After two years of treatment, he is now back at school.
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Kim Rossall
Cancer category: Bone tumours
Cancer type: Ewing’s tumourKim was diagnosed with Ewings sarcoma in her thigh at the age of 18.
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Talking cancer
Two young cancer patients, Dom and Kayleigh talk about their experiences with cancer, and how Teenage Cancer Trust has helped them cope with their diagnosis and treatment.
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